A bibliometric evaluation of European Union research of the respiratory system from 1987–1998

Abstract

This study analyses the evolution of the bibliometric indicators of productivity and repercussion of European Union (EU) research into the respiratory system during the period from 1987–1998, describing the geographical distribution.Using MedLine, a selection was made of those articles by EU authors published between 1987–1998 in 38 respiratory system journals (classification from the Institute for Scientific Information). The journals, country of origin, number of articles and the relation to socioeconomic data, productivity index, visibility index, expected impact factor (EIF) and relative impact factor (RIF) were all analysed.The number of EU publications in respiratory system journals experienced an exponential increase, going from 606 articles (14.3% of world production) in 1987, to 2,325 (33.2%) in 1998. During this same period, the EIF increased from 1,258 to 2,111. The greatest gross productivities were those of the UK, France, Italy and Germany, although when corrected for number of inhabitants, Sweden, the Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark headed the list. The countries with the greatest mean EIF were the Netherlands, the UK, Spain and Belgium.In conclusion, productivity and repercussions of European Union research of the respiratory system experienced an important increase during this period.

Perfil da atividade de pesquisa encaminhada ao Congresso Brasileiro de Cirurgia Torácica - Tórax 2009

“…In this region are located most of the specialized services accredited by the Brazilian Society of Thoracic Surgery, offering graduate, specialization and postgraduate strict sense courses, and this is also the region with the largest number of researchers in the country 6,15 . This phenomenon of research concentration in specific geographic locations and / or 17 .…”

“…Above all, we did not evaluate papers of the specialty published in Brazil and abroad. This last proposal would allow the identification and evaluation of a research activity of the specialty, i.e., the published works, the impact of journals in which they were published and the number of citations received, as has been done for other specialties or countries 6,18,27,28 . We conclude that the review of abstracts submitted to the Brazilian Congress in 2009, some representing the profile of the study to the specialty shows: Brazilian public institutions are responsible for the majority of this activity; there is a concentration of research groups in the State of São Paulo (34.7%); one third of all such research is done through descriptive case reports; and pulmonary resections are the most common theme, although there is great variability in the conditions studied.…”

“…Some authors have done a bibliometric evaluation, i.e., production, circulation, absorbance, consumption and impact of research in respiratory diseases in the European Union from 1987 to 1998 6 . In Brazil, in 1999, we analyzed the researchers in the field of pneumology.…”

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“…Aunque la producción científica española en sistema respiratorio se ha incrementado claramente en los últimos años (6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11), no observamos un aumento, a lo largo del perIodo estudiado, de la productividad en técnicas diagnóstico-terapéuticas relacionadas con dicho sistema. Recientemente se ha comunicado (9), al analizar la producción científica española en biomedicina y ciencias de la salud desde el año 1994 al 2000, que entre las disciplinas que incluye la medicina clínica destacan, con más de 1.000 documentos citables (por número de documentos), la hematología y la oncología seguidas de enfermedades infecciosas, sistema respiratorio, neurología clínica y, gastroenterología (que incluye hepatología), subrayando seguidamente la investigación en Salud Pública medioambiental y laboral.…”

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“…Among them, García-Río et al [8] examined the respiratory disease research in European Union, as covered in 38 respiratory journals indexed in MEDLINE database during 1987-1998, with a focus on the number of articles from various countries and their relation with socio-economic data, productivity index, visibility index, expected impact factor and relative impact factor. Rippon et al [9] investigated 81419 respiratory medicine publications, as covered in SCI during 1996-2001 and these were assigned to 14 subject areas (mainly based on title words) and to 15 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries.…”